RE: MS Server 'Cals' ?

[John Murray <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A CAL is a Client Access Licence and most MS Apps use them.
You buy a base OS licence like Windows Server 2008 Standard in a number of
ways.  If you buy Full Packaged Product from PC World etc it should come
with 5 CAL's included.
These CAL's allow you to use 'advanced' features of Windows Server like
Active Directory, Remote Desktop,  and file and print services.

If you just install your own application on a Windows Server, that uses its
own authentication, and connect to it across the network, then you don't
need any CALs.

Mostly though, we all use CAL's.  CAL's for Windows are not concurrent. 
You need a CAL for every person that uses the server, or for every device
that uses the server.  This way you choose the method that best suits your
business.  If you have 5 PC's and 5 users, but they all login from home,
and have PDA's that sync email, user CAL's will be cheaper than trying to
licence all those devices.  If you had a call centre with 50 PC's and 250
users who work in shifts, device CALs would be cheaper.  Easy.




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